My 30 day raw challenge

The traveling set me a little off course from my raw diet...who can resist junk food on a road trip? Certainly NOT me. Tough to get back on track after the Hershey bars, DQ blizzards, pizza...and I HAD to have that Indian fry bread...mmm mmm MMM!

OK, I make it sound like that was ALL I was eating, not true. But I managed to sneak the junk in with the good. So, to get back on track I decided to do 30 days raw. I'm already on day 9 and going strong. I haven't been lured by temptation yet, except for a sopaipilla. Those are like crack to me! I'm feeling good and I have a countdown calendar on my whiteboard, I check off each day I've been raw for motivation and to see my stellar progress : ) Go Tracey, go Tracey!

I'm getting more creative at the green smoothie thing and even made up my own recipe, which I might add, has been a hit with other non raw people around me who think it looks like sludge. Here's the recipe in case you want to try it yourself:

Tracey's Green-a-liscious smoothie

1 red apple (cut into big chunks)
1 good chunk of cantaloupe
3 strawberries
2-3 leaves of Kale (no stem, it doesn't blend well)
fist full of romaine
water (fill to about 1/4 BELOW the top of the food)

Blend blend blend and happy drinking!

"Let food be thy medicine" -Hippocrates

A snapshot from the road

Meet Officer Matt. Someone tried to steal the UHaul trailer sometime in the wee hours while I was soundly sleeping in a hotel in Salt Lake City. Woke up, grabbed a coffee, and headed to the car. That's when I noticed all the chains and electrical cords undone. Thankfully, being me, I packed that trailer to the 'tits' and it was too heavy for the guys to lift off my hitch! I alerted the hotel manager just so he was aware and found out that another UHaul HAD been stolen that night, a down and out looking woman and her daughter moving everything they own to California. They're life was in that trailer and my heart really went out to them. I almost wish the thieves would have taken my trailer and not theirs. Had to file a report with the North Salt Lake Police...then back on the road.

New Mexico

Not really in the mood to write tonight but managed to change my main blog picture...this is Wilson's Arch somewhere along the road in Moab, Utah. The road trip was freeing and fun. I'm glad for the extra day of travels taken which was spent in Yellowstone, beautiful there and deserving of a future camping trip in the Boler. Must plan. I am feeling disoriented on the road of life right now and unfortunately don't feel in the mood to chit chat these days. But here's a quick note to say I made it to NM and here's hoping for some direction and spark back into life...any time now would be nice.